"If I chose to build this in San Marcos, it would cost $292 million," says Ekhardt.Judge Eckhardt said the county has been crunching numbers for ten years."It's a little frustrating because we really have run every possible track about where we can build this courthouse," she says.She announced the county has come up with a way to shave 20 percent off the project."We can find some interest in this project from the private sector that can drive down the cost of this project," Eckhardt explains.